“It’s a great fight for me,” Dillashaw said. “I’m happy to fight whoever they want me to fight. I don’t want to have to choose anybody. I just want to have the fights come to me.”

Barao’s camp contends the second fight will be a completely different experience. In the first meeting, Dillashaw floored his opponent in the opening round, and Barao never really seemed to recover. It was Barao’s first loss in nearly a decade, and the Brazilian is likely to come back with a special fire in his eye as he looks to regain his belt.

Dillashaw isn’t concerned with the consequences.

“The worst thing that could happen is you could possibly lose,” Dillashaw said. “That’s how every match is. You have to go in with the same mentality for every fight.”

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